Time to kill...

I can't even use that phrase without thinking of some quote I once read... "you can't kill time without injuring eternity." I thought it was a profound statement at the time that called us all to action and chastised the boredom away. Meh... I'm older now. I prefer to just call killing time "wait training". Before you go thinking I'm so witty, I'll confess that I saw that term in a devotional a few weeks back. THAT seems profound. Sometimes the most rigorous of our seasons of life are when we are waiting for what's next. How do we train ourselves to wait with eager anticipation, but not dissatisfaction with the present? If I knew, I'd tell you.

I started this post just to say that I am at the gym, finished with my workout (thanks to the Run Keeper app), waiting for Julian to pick me up. So I could be weight training for real, but I'm wait training.... so tangled, my brain.

So yeah, I'm hoping to get back to running. It seems that I do this once a year and about week 5, I am overcome by the world, catch a nasty bug, and quit. Here's hoping...

Bunny dress...

...in process. Come on big snow.

Update: just a dusting but friends and family in Va. will celebrate another snow day cancellation tomorrow.

Miss Maggie Rabbit is as easy and delightful as I had hoped.

Homemade...

After a reasonably good night's rest, a productive day at work and a tail-kicking core fusion class, I'm hunkered down with homemade ice cream topped with homemade chocolate syrup. I'm not really a fan of chocolate syrup and basically banned it from the house when I realized how artificial its ingredients are.
A few weeks ago, I found this on Pinterest. Julian and I both think that it is a really good homemade substitute for Hershey's. The best thing is that it stirs into milk pretty easily.
Last weekend, I decided we were past due for owning an ice cream maker and we happened to have a Bed Bath and Beyond coupon for 20% off. So now we own one of these.  I can sense that this is the beginning of a long and happy appliance relationship. The homemade ice cream recipe is from my mother-in-law and is as follows:

1 c. Milk
1 c. Sugar
1 c. Half & half
1 1/2 tsp. Vanilla extract
2 c. Whipping cream
Dash of salt

Scald milk (aka heat it til its steamy), pour in sugar, stir until it's dissolved. Pour in remaining ingredients, mixing well. Chill over night in air tight container. Freeze according to your appliance directions.

Note: this chocolate syrup is not to be confused with Julian's chocolate SAUCE that is reserved for special occasions with pound cake or banana splits. I s'pose I'll have to talk about that too...someday.